As chief procurement officer (CPO), is one of your goals to be considered a more relevant, strategic area for the company? If the answer is “yes”, here are four ways to improve your value through eProcurement. No doubt, the number one challenge which manufacturing organizations face today is to reduce cost while increasing efficiencies. But, […]

Whether it is conducting a simple spend analysis, developing savings strategies or building your sourcing roadmap, automated spend analysis will provide information crucial to the success of your business. If you’re looking for inspiration to get your automated spend analysis started – or finished – you’ve come to the right place. 1. “The price of […]

Procurement software should make your life easier. Choosing that software, however, can be an arduous and confusing process. These systems are a huge investment and you want to be sure you’ve done the due diligence to see the return on that investment. You can banish buyer’s remorse by making sure all the procurement software vendors […]

Recently, JAGGAER and Consilio hosted a webinar examining how organizations handle contract management within and between their procurement, sales and legal teams. Our speakers, John Lawlor, general counsel for JAGGAER, and Robin Snasdell, managing director for Consilio, discussed solutions for this difficult process to increase output while decreasing risk. Below, our speakers answer a few […]

Most of the time when CFOs are shopping for business-management software, they gravitate towards ERP solutions, or enterprise resource planning software. ERPs can be attractive with the depth and all-in-one package they market to organizations. Because of this, ERPs have been the talk of the industry and the must have for businesses, until the reality […]

In this quickly changing world, companies need to be able to adapt to changes to reduce risk and take advantage of opportunities. The engine that drives that adaptability is agile procurement. What agile procurement is, and how to achieve it, was the topic of a recent webinar: Achieving Agile Procurement, hosted by Denali-A WNS Company […]

Like the generations before them, millennials find themselves on the receiving end of their fair share of negative stereotypes. They are cast as ungrateful, lazy, unfocused and self-gratifying. But the truth is that the procurement industry will have to fill the talent gap with this generation as the baby boomers begin to exit the workforce. […]

Category Managers are invaluable to a high-functioning procurement process. The requisite skill set is complex and often nuanced: managing critical relationships, possessing specific category expertise, and providing strategic sourcing insight to help drive value for their organizations. JAGGAER Partner Denali hosts a popular training opportunity called Denali Academy to help develop and train category managers. […]

Procurement teams are riding a rising tide. Where they once toiled in noble obscurity, they are now recognized as active partners driving value for their organizations. It’s about time! If there is one thing marketers know, it’s that when circumstances present you with a golden moment, you milk it for all it’s worth. So with […]

Uncertain times are driving Chief Procurement Officers to pursue growth and add value in new ways, according to Deloitte’s 2017 Global Chief Procurement Survey. Procurement has evolved from a strategic hub for cost savings to address new responsibilities across the risk, finance and legal functions. JAGGAER’s own 2017 survey of procurement trends shows the function […]